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tgs the egyptian government that brokered that truce. they do feel a sense of responsibility to preserve it. so hamas and others feel it is the government of egypt's responsibility to relay this violation as they describe it to the israeli government and let it be noted that it was israel who violated the cease fire first. they are saying there are no plans to escalate the situation but are asking the egyptian government to make note of the deadly attack and -- why israel should not be trusted when it comes to any type of peace negotiations, for their part the family of the man killed today and palestinian -- protest took place on the palestinian side of the fence and it was on that area that palestinian farmland that many families have tried to access over the last several years and didn't access in the past because of the israeli no-go zone. this time we were approaching the fence, part protest and part to access the farm land and that's when the shooting incident happened. it is a critical geographical i economy here. people thought a
tgs the egyptian government that brokered that truce. they do feel a sense of responsibility to preserve it. so hamas and others feel it is the government of egypt's responsibility to relay this violation as they describe it to the israeli government and let it be noted that it was israel who violated the cease fire first. they are saying there are no plans to escalate the situation but are asking the egyptian government to make note of the deadly attack and -- why israel should not be trusted...
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bring all 3 million of that one weapon back in, let the government, county, state and federal, pay you to take them back. you do don't need them. >>> we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >>> speaker boehner has said it's up to the senate and the president to come up with a fiscal deal, but as some point out, he'll have to push a bill through the house. given last week's events it won't be easy. "the washington post" columnist e.j. dionne says that may be the silver lining, writing, quote -- now at least we know something important. the current rep majority cannot govern, only a coalition across party lines can get the public's business done. e.j. joins us now, a senior fellow with the brookings institution and an msnbc contributor. e.j., great to see you, as always. john boehner sits to the left of center of his caucus. can he work out a deal without inciting a full-scale revolt? >> well, we don't know that, but i think he'll have to test it. that really tells you something about how conservative the republican caucus has done. john boehner is a good conservative. what w
bring all 3 million of that one weapon back in, let the government, county, state and federal, pay you to take them back. you do don't need them. >>> we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >>> speaker boehner has said it's up to the senate and the president to come up with a fiscal deal, but as some point out, he'll have to push a bill through the house. given last week's events it won't be easy. "the washington post" columnist e.j. dionne says that may...
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to try to govern, i'm not driven by some ideological agenda. i'm a pretty practical guy. and i just want to make sure that things work. and one of the nice things about never having another election again, i will never campaign again, is you know, i think you can rest assured that all i care about is making sure that i leave behind an america that is stronger, more prosperous, you know, more stable, more secure than it was when i came into office. and that's going to continue to drive me. and i think that the issue that we're dealing with right now in the fiscal cliff is a prime example of it. what i'm arguing for are maintaining tax cuts for 98% of americans. i don't think anybody would consider that some liberal left-wing agenda. that used to be considered a pretty mainstream republican agenda. and it's something that we can accomplish today, if we simply allow for a vote in the senate and in the house to get it done. the fact that it's not happening is an indication of you know, how far certain factions inside the republican party have gone
to try to govern, i'm not driven by some ideological agenda. i'm a pretty practical guy. and i just want to make sure that things work. and one of the nice things about never having another election again, i will never campaign again, is you know, i think you can rest assured that all i care about is making sure that i leave behind an america that is stronger, more prosperous, you know, more stable, more secure than it was when i came into office. and that's going to continue to drive me. and i...
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but this is a terrible way to govern and a terrible way to run our government. any business likes to have some way of planning. so do government agencies. by having these deadlines makes it hard for people who are trying to make the government work. >> always great to talk to you, my friend. thank you. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead as the nation inches forwards the everyone of the fiscal cliff. and at the top of the hour, david gregory's interview made news from "meet the press." that's coming up, too. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. if we took the already great sentra apart and com
but this is a terrible way to govern and a terrible way to run our government. any business likes to have some way of planning. so do government agencies. by having these deadlines makes it hard for people who are trying to make the government work. >> always great to talk to you, my friend. thank you. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead as the nation inches forwards the everyone of the fiscal cliff. and at the top of the hour, david gregory's interview made news from...
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now we're trying to govern the country and i think that's, at least in the house. >> congressman, i got to speak with you twice over the last several days. i appreciate your time. >> you, too. >> this video just in from the scene of a fire in the rochester, new york area. it's reported two firefighters were shot after responding to a large fire at 6:00 this morning. they encountered gun fire as they were getting out to the fire and immediately retreated. one firefighter was shot in the buttocks and is reported to be in satisfactory condition. it's believed that three houses and one vehicle are involved in that fire. residents in the area have been asked to stay in their homes away from windows and doors. we'll keep you up to date on that story. >> over the river and through the woods, no matter how you're getting to grandma's house, we have the update on the holiday rush and the trouble spots. and a republican senator in trouble with the law. u have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your
now we're trying to govern the country and i think that's, at least in the house. >> congressman, i got to speak with you twice over the last several days. i appreciate your time. >> you, too. >> this video just in from the scene of a fire in the rochester, new york area. it's reported two firefighters were shot after responding to a large fire at 6:00 this morning. they encountered gun fire as they were getting out to the fire and immediately retreated. one firefighter was...
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intervention, too much government regulation. that's what's preventing jobs, that's what's firing them. >> according to the l.a. times, congressman, the companies that bain invested filed for bankruptcy, however, bain still made a profit on three out of four companies that went bankrupt. so how are you able to justify that to an american public that's out of work, that's been out of work continually, knowing that this was bain's objective was wealth management for their investors. it was not job creation. >> again, to be effective at wealth management, first of all, we're almost -- it sounds like we're trying to say that capitalism and wealth management is a bad thing, that success is a bad thing. >> i'm just trying to define whether or not he's a job creator and you're just saying he's about wealth management. so you agree that he's about wealth management. >> what i'm saying is his job at bain capital was certainly part of creating wealth for the investors. that was the job and he was successful at it, which is a good thing. ho
intervention, too much government regulation. that's what's preventing jobs, that's what's firing them. >> according to the l.a. times, congressman, the companies that bain invested filed for bankruptcy, however, bain still made a profit on three out of four companies that went bankrupt. so how are you able to justify that to an american public that's out of work, that's been out of work continually, knowing that this was bain's objective was wealth management for their investors. it was...
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. >> i can't believe that these five people who are charged with the responsibility of governing this nation can't come to some sort of agreement to put this sdasries event off. >>> what if both sides actually are -- what do both sides stand to gain by going over the cliff in that's what our next guest points out, where he says that many of them have calculated it is better to go over the cliff, at least temporarily, than swallow a raw deal. with me is jonathan allen. it's good to have you here. break it down for us. what's in it for both sides? >> i think what is at work here is going over the fiscal cliff is a better option than the worst-scale snare i don't. it matt not be the optimal snare i don't, but for republicans, they would have an tune to vote for tack cuts. they also may figure they'll have an opportunity to negotiate for other items. they don't want to cave for president obama. on the democratic side, they're winning the public relations war on this. republicans, if you look at the polls are in the 20s right now, president obama is sitting in the mid 50s on the fiscal cli
. >> i can't believe that these five people who are charged with the responsibility of governing this nation can't come to some sort of agreement to put this sdasries event off. >>> what if both sides actually are -- what do both sides stand to gain by going over the cliff in that's what our next guest points out, where he says that many of them have calculated it is better to go over the cliff, at least temporarily, than swallow a raw deal. with me is jonathan allen. it's good...
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listen, cutting all the funding to pbs would not fund the federal government for one hour. that's how small a percentage that is, federal funding for public broadcasting. so swing voters know this isn't serious. they know they aren't hearing serious proposals. >> i want to play for everybody those people who are for president obama, their reaktss after this disappointing show on wednesday. >> i think he could have done better. >> i think that president obama is -- needs to put his gloves on and fight back. >> i didn't know quite what was going on as far as, you know, maybe he's dealing with some crisis in the middle east. >> i think maybe he needs to rest. >> looking for easy excuses for the president there, but for those undecideds around the country, those looking for passion from a candidate, didn't mitt romney display more passion about wanting to get hired for a job? >> yeah. there's no doubt that he had a better night, and everyone has conceded that, including the president's supporters. and i think when you look, the biggest thing to me was the president's closing st
listen, cutting all the funding to pbs would not fund the federal government for one hour. that's how small a percentage that is, federal funding for public broadcasting. so swing voters know this isn't serious. they know they aren't hearing serious proposals. >> i want to play for everybody those people who are for president obama, their reaktss after this disappointing show on wednesday. >> i think he could have done better. >> i think that president obama is -- needs to put...
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. >> these are the kind of outrageous overreaches when you give government power they will wield that power over you and that's why you have to be very, very careful about not just this administration but any administration. >> the whus is now suggesting it is open to compromise over the decision that has angered bishops and church groups across the country. joining us this morning is nbc political analyst and form earp dnc communications director karen finney and maggie gallagher of the culture war victory funneled. ladies, it's nice to see you this morning. maggie, i want to start with you because a white house blog made the argument that 98% of catholic women have used birth control at some point in their lives. full disclosure this stat coming from the abortion rights group. is there, though, a disconnect, maggie, between church leaders and contemporary catholics when it comes to this issue? >> i think the disconnect is between the obama administration and catholic voters. rick santorum was on fire last night when he said the obama d administration is going after liberty, religiou
. >> these are the kind of outrageous overreaches when you give government power they will wield that power over you and that's why you have to be very, very careful about not just this administration but any administration. >> the whus is now suggesting it is open to compromise over the decision that has angered bishops and church groups across the country. joining us this morning is nbc political analyst and form earp dnc communications director karen finney and maggie gallagher...
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people boast of cutting government. when was the last time you heard them cut fire department or cut down on snow removal? in fact the republicans tend to be opposed to spending in general. when it comes to particular spending, remember paul ryan acknowledging he was seeking to get the stimulus money that he was denouncing. but in any case, it's not the democratic position we should put all of the increased revenue into spending. by the way, i believe much of government spending is very important. there are things that we need for the quality of our life. good transportation. public safety. decent education. you can't do those only through the private sector. >> let me ask you quickly, i'd like to use your perspective in 30-plus years you've been in congress, and this is the least productive congress ever. i'm sure i don't need to tell you the numbers but it's 219 bills passed, some of them pretty much inconsequential. i think the previous low number of bills passed was 333. how do you think we got to this point? how di
people boast of cutting government. when was the last time you heard them cut fire department or cut down on snow removal? in fact the republicans tend to be opposed to spending in general. when it comes to particular spending, remember paul ryan acknowledging he was seeking to get the stimulus money that he was denouncing. but in any case, it's not the democratic position we should put all of the increased revenue into spending. by the way, i believe much of government spending is very...
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govern governor mitt romney is platting his next move. he's considering a return to business maybe something involving charity or the mormon church. he's even thinking about writing a book. one thing he's not interested in ackorcording to the post-is helg the republican party rebuild its brand. the governor is in semiseclusion. there's images of him pumping his own gas. some saying he looks more relaxed. there was the public lunch at the white house with the president. there's the image of him pumping his own gas. how does this compare to the revelation that his wife had thanksgiving dinner from boston market. very american of them nonetheless sources say he's bored in southern california, the post writing devours news from 2,600 miles away in washington about the fiscal cliff negotiations shaking his head about what if. what is the future for mitt romney within the republican party, if any? >> well it doesn't appear that there's going to be a whole lot of one by his own choice. my colleague did an exhaustive look at what he's been doing.
govern governor mitt romney is platting his next move. he's considering a return to business maybe something involving charity or the mormon church. he's even thinking about writing a book. one thing he's not interested in ackorcording to the post-is helg the republican party rebuild its brand. the governor is in semiseclusion. there's images of him pumping his own gas. some saying he looks more relaxed. there was the public lunch at the white house with the president. there's the image of him...
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he does not have a lot of sway, but there is a substantial government infrastructure. there is a large government media outreach, television programming, radio, and so on. ask the message can be sent across. the crucial thing is how the preachers in every mosque across the country tomorrow how they decide to play this. >> we'll be looking at that tomorrow morning. bobby ghosh for "time" magazine, thank you so much for joining us. >> any time. >>> a united nations report is accusing the syrian government of "gross human rights violations" that killed two western journalists in a heavy shelling attack. the veteran war reporter marie co colvin was among those killed giving her report to the bbc hours before her death. >> shells and rockets coming in hitting every building. i've not seen one military target. and the wounded and dead i have seen, i would say about 80% civilians. >> the european media figures and politicians are calling on syrian forces to allow the retrieval of the journalists' bodies who were killed in those attacks. ♪ let me get that door for you... [ m
he does not have a lot of sway, but there is a substantial government infrastructure. there is a large government media outreach, television programming, radio, and so on. ask the message can be sent across. the crucial thing is how the preachers in every mosque across the country tomorrow how they decide to play this. >> we'll be looking at that tomorrow morning. bobby ghosh for "time" magazine, thank you so much for joining us. >> any time. >>> a united nations...
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even with this measly economic growth we've seen the last three years, revenue at the federal government has increased $344 billion per year. if we just return to a normal economy that returns about 18.5%, that would increase revenue an additional over $400 billion per year, that's $750 billion of revenue per year through economic growth. and the president, his proposal would raise 1/10 of that but would put at risk the economic growth and that $750 billion. so -- >> sir, with all due respect, though -- >> counterproductive. >> that's an answer to the question. there's nothing you see over the next 35 days that would have you break that pledge with grover norquist? >> no, because raising taxes harms the economic growth. you get ten times the revenue by economic growth rather than punishing success. and, again, all of us are saying president obama, show us your plan for restraining the size of government, that's the main problem. again, his revenue proposal would raise $68 billion when we have over $1 trillion worth of deficit. where's the other $1 trillion in his balance plan? mr. presid
even with this measly economic growth we've seen the last three years, revenue at the federal government has increased $344 billion per year. if we just return to a normal economy that returns about 18.5%, that would increase revenue an additional over $400 billion per year, that's $750 billion of revenue per year through economic growth. and the president, his proposal would raise 1/10 of that but would put at risk the economic growth and that $750 billion. so -- >> sir, with all due...
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the american government perceives that it's possible we may be able to entice the morsi government, the new government, whatever it happens to be, into continuing a policy of being an assistant to peace in the middle east rather than being obstructionist and we'll do that by giving them $2 billion to $3 billion in assistance. a lot of that is going to take the form of military aid. there are fairly close relationships between the american military and the egyptian military. we are hoping that that will survive this constitution. >> last but not least, over the weekend on subpoenaed, a syrian jet bombing a bakery killing dozens of people after waiting in line just to get bread. the frez and the u.n. has still not been able to remove president bashir al assad after months and months of in-country conflict there. what can the president do. not only from a standpoint of the white house, but from an international coalition to look at getting bashir al assad out? >> i mean, we've been working on it for quite some time. we didn't want to get militarily involved. we've seen what happens when we
the american government perceives that it's possible we may be able to entice the morsi government, the new government, whatever it happens to be, into continuing a policy of being an assistant to peace in the middle east rather than being obstructionist and we'll do that by giving them $2 billion to $3 billion in assistance. a lot of that is going to take the form of military aid. there are fairly close relationships between the american military and the egyptian military. we are hoping that...
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they want the afghan government, the international community, everyone to know how angry they are. unfortunately, what this means is protests that lead to violence, violence leads to death. we know of about six afghans killed during the protest today. and we expect the protests to go on for many days to come, especially on friday. after friday prayers, we expect the largest protest throughout the country. thomas? >> and the embassy there remains on lockdown, correct? >> it does remain on lockdown. various foreign institutions here remain on lockdown. whether they be foreign embassies or guest houses. if we remember last april, when a koran was burned in florida, the message came out here to afghanistan after one of the sermons at a mosque in northern afghanistan, a mob of angry afghans went to a united nations housing compound. the united nations had nothing to do with that koran being killed and they killed at least seven foreigners. obviously every foreigner throughout the country is on guard right now. >> nbc's atia abawi, thank you. >>> some other stories topping the news right
they want the afghan government, the international community, everyone to know how angry they are. unfortunately, what this means is protests that lead to violence, violence leads to death. we know of about six afghans killed during the protest today. and we expect the protests to go on for many days to come, especially on friday. after friday prayers, we expect the largest protest throughout the country. thomas? >> and the embassy there remains on lockdown, correct? >> it does...
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of couples, government should not be in women's bodies. government should not be engaging in this kind of activity. and to think that we have had three incidents this year with candidates all republicans all men, talking about rape as either is it legitimate rape in this case, is it ordained? and mr. walsh recently coming out with yet another comment about rape. so there's a problem in the republican party. they do not support abortion. they are trying to somehow undermine it and even in cases of rape, they are at such an extreme position that women in this country should be very fearful of what will happen should the majority of the house remain republicans and mitt romney get elected. >> when we talk specifically about mitt romney and the fact that he did indoors mourdock, they have disavowed that statement but that endorsement still stands do you think they need to pull that? >> i think mitt romney talks out of all sides of his mouth and i think the result is, he will say anything that will get him elected. we don't know what mitt romne
of couples, government should not be in women's bodies. government should not be engaging in this kind of activity. and to think that we have had three incidents this year with candidates all republicans all men, talking about rape as either is it legitimate rape in this case, is it ordained? and mr. walsh recently coming out with yet another comment about rape. so there's a problem in the republican party. they do not support abortion. they are trying to somehow undermine it and even in cases...
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. >> what do you think -- >> very little being done by the government to prevent that. >> what do you think it's going to take for the west to get involved to help those religious minorities in muslim majority companies to see this type of violence stopped? >> well, hopefully pieces like this. but i think the author of the article is arguing is we give a lot of aid to these countries in the middle east and we should be making some of that con ttingen. some of it is sponsored by terrorist groups. >> it is a fascinating read. justine, great to see you this morning, thank you. >> thank you so much. >> absolutely. and you can read the war on christians again in the current issue of "newsweek." >>> president obama's super bowl sit-down. why he says he deserves four more years in the white house. >>> sick at sea, at least 700 cruise ship passengers sick on three different ships. what's going on with that? we'll bring you the details in the news now next. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom we'l
. >> what do you think -- >> very little being done by the government to prevent that. >> what do you think it's going to take for the west to get involved to help those religious minorities in muslim majority companies to see this type of violence stopped? >> well, hopefully pieces like this. but i think the author of the article is arguing is we give a lot of aid to these countries in the middle east and we should be making some of that con ttingen. some of it is...
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limb the deduction, close loopholes and have the same people pay more of their money to the federal government without raising tax rates. >> congresswoman, the "new york times" reporting today that boehner is enjoying the broadest support he has seen in two years but as you know, a lot of conservatives are very angry over his giving any ground on revenue. is the speaker's leadership still strong in your estimation? >> i think it is. and i know that it's a very tough position for our leader to be in. and especially tough when he cannot get the president to come to the table and in addition to that, we have the administration that keeps moving the goalpost. 2010 this very president said this is not the time when the economy is so bad to raise taxes on anyone yet now we're having him say he wants to raise taxes on small business own that's are going to affect about 700,000 jobs. is that really what we need to do in an economy where we have 23 million americans that are struggling for unemployment? this is the reason why we have to hold strong on this. the other this evening ng is we hear from the
limb the deduction, close loopholes and have the same people pay more of their money to the federal government without raising tax rates. >> congresswoman, the "new york times" reporting today that boehner is enjoying the broadest support he has seen in two years but as you know, a lot of conservatives are very angry over his giving any ground on revenue. is the speaker's leadership still strong in your estimation? >> i think it is. and i know that it's a very tough...
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all of them mean we have less revenue to support the operations of government, so if going forward we're going to reach a balance, where we both cut spending and raise revenue, we have to achieve the right balance of those, so if there are folks in the other party, the republican party, who feel strongly that we should not allow income tax breaks of the last decade to continue, that's fine. i think they simply need to be willing to balance that with some of the democratic priorities like extending unemployment insurance benefits for nearly 2 million unemployed americans who will lose them tomorrow. >> thank you senator chris coons for joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up, former president george h.w. bush is out of icu, and the how the oak ridge boys may have helped lift his spirits. >>> and with less than 30 hours to go before the fiscal cliff, we're watching capitol hill for any kinds of a deal today. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down fr
all of them mean we have less revenue to support the operations of government, so if going forward we're going to reach a balance, where we both cut spending and raise revenue, we have to achieve the right balance of those, so if there are folks in the other party, the republican party, who feel strongly that we should not allow income tax breaks of the last decade to continue, that's fine. i think they simply need to be willing to balance that with some of the democratic priorities like...
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the government of pakistan in this case or the government of libya or the government of egypt. they have minorities who are potentially violent, enraged by freedom of the press in other countries and it is their responsibility to protect our embassies, our sovereign territory and obviously the lives and safety of american diplomatic personnel and their families. >> in afghanistan right now the bigger concern is the demonstrations, not just the antiislamic film but the waves of insider attacks the most recent this last sunday when four u.s. soldiers were killed. now most joint u.s. and other nato operations have been suspended. i have a cousin on a nine-month deployment in afghanistan and he told me the soldiers he is working with are not patrolling anymore until further notice. we have senators john mccain, joe lieberman, lindsay graham putting out a statement criticizing the president's strategy. they say in quote, in particular, we're concerned that the rush to build up the afghan national security forces as quickly as possible, so that u.s. forces could begin withdrawing on
the government of pakistan in this case or the government of libya or the government of egypt. they have minorities who are potentially violent, enraged by freedom of the press in other countries and it is their responsibility to protect our embassies, our sovereign territory and obviously the lives and safety of american diplomatic personnel and their families. >> in afghanistan right now the bigger concern is the demonstrations, not just the antiislamic film but the waves of insider...
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there's going to need to be a president who governs and he who governs is going to have to govern recognizing and respecting checks and balances. >> certainly democracy is a very slow process and certainly for a country that's never had it before. we'll be watching the this for a generation or more to come. but you mentioned the fact that morsi fell emboldened after brokering the deal between gaza and israel. as we speak of middle east peace, president mahmoud abbas met in new york with the deputy secretary of state william burns ahead of tomorrow's historic u.n. general assembly vote on palestinian statehood. the resolution, though, would upgrade the palestinian authority's u.n. status from observer to a nonmember observer state. it is expected to be approved. israel strongly opposes the bid. the person representing the u.s. will be ambassador susan rice who currently is facing a lot of heat over the statements she made about the benghazi attack. will the fire she's facing in washington impact her role in this delicate diplomatic dance at the u.n.? >> i don't think so. these are two differen
there's going to need to be a president who governs and he who governs is going to have to govern recognizing and respecting checks and balances. >> certainly democracy is a very slow process and certainly for a country that's never had it before. we'll be watching the this for a generation or more to come. but you mentioned the fact that morsi fell emboldened after brokering the deal between gaza and israel. as we speak of middle east peace, president mahmoud abbas met in new york with...
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. >> he not only wasted government money he made it more difficult for entrepreneurs and innovators to come up with the new ideas of the future. this president doesn't understand how this economy works. it's time to get a president who does. >> this is a man who took broken companies and fixed them. we need washington fixed. >> all right. so that was mitt romney and the south carolina governor haley stumping in the palmetto state today part of romney's effort to win over ultra conservatives in that state who have opposed him in the past. arizona senator and former presidential candidate john mccain also spoke on behalf of romney. he won south carolina back in 2008 during his bid for the white house. >> when rick santorum sponsored earmark after earmark i went down to the floor and fought against those. my friends, earmarks are gateway to corruption. >> i'm joined now by daily beast columnist and msnbc contributor megan mccain. also we'll point out the daughter of senator john mccain. megan, it is great to have you here. also i want to talk to you about coming off the heels of the gover
. >> he not only wasted government money he made it more difficult for entrepreneurs and innovators to come up with the new ideas of the future. this president doesn't understand how this economy works. it's time to get a president who does. >> this is a man who took broken companies and fixed them. we need washington fixed. >> all right. so that was mitt romney and the south carolina governor haley stumping in the palmetto state today part of romney's effort to win over ultra...
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they make promises that are virtually impossible to keep and that's the problem with the governance, the mind of not moving the ball forward in the current congress. you can't make promises you can't keep. these types of i will never do this and always do that, that's a bad way to start things off and you're seeing that now because they're having to change the rhetoric. >> i want to play sound from grover norquist. let's play it and i want to talk to you about it on the other side. take a listen. >> no pledge taker has voted for a tax increase. you have had people discussing impure thoughts on national television. we would highlight who has kept the commitment and who hasn't. >> interesting. the two most prominent voice that is have come out in opposition to norquist's pledge, chambliss, the republican from georgia and lindsey graham, the republican from being is is being could see primary challenges this year. lindsey graham is a constant target of more conservative elements within the republican party and already seen stories about some members of congress contemplating running aga
they make promises that are virtually impossible to keep and that's the problem with the governance, the mind of not moving the ball forward in the current congress. you can't make promises you can't keep. these types of i will never do this and always do that, that's a bad way to start things off and you're seeing that now because they're having to change the rhetoric. >> i want to play sound from grover norquist. let's play it and i want to talk to you about it on the other side. take a...
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a government watchdog group says administration officials gave bigelow access. but the identity of a planner, a planner, not a seale team member, was released. jim miklaszewski is live from the pentagon. bigelow did get this oscar for being the director of the 2009 iraq war drama "the hurt locker." reportedly she and her team were given this access to the intimate details of the operation. at the same time, the white house was publicly urging officials not to talk about the raid. how is the pentagon explaining these conflicting developments? >> reporter: if you read the e-mails going back and forth, e-mails obtained by judicial watch, the idea that these filmmakers would have unprecedented access, not only to highly classified facilities but high-level officials with high-level security clearances -- and you can argue the difference between the actual commander and the planner. but anybody at that level connected to s.e.a.l. team 6 would have been a highly, tightly-held secret. and some of us reporters here at the pentagon were a little jealous they had that acc
a government watchdog group says administration officials gave bigelow access. but the identity of a planner, a planner, not a seale team member, was released. jim miklaszewski is live from the pentagon. bigelow did get this oscar for being the director of the 2009 iraq war drama "the hurt locker." reportedly she and her team were given this access to the intimate details of the operation. at the same time, the white house was publicly urging officials not to talk about the raid. how...
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who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe that they're entitled. >> that strategy there seems less about touting the president's record and more about attacking governor romney's. what's your take on that? >> i think one thing the obama campaign has done extraordinarily well, is from june, from may, from may on, they have done a great job of defining governor romney. now, governor romney handed them a big gift-wrapped package with that florida speech that he made that was caught on tape. that's about as bad a look into someone saying things about the american people that's disastrous as i've ever seen in presidential politics. so they're continuing to pound it. it's a campaign tactic and there's no question about it. and it's interesting, in response to robert's point, i think the enthusiasm gap, which at the beginning of the year, the republicans have a huge gap that their voters were not as enthusiastic as republicans. recent polls are showing that now democrats are more enthusiastic about voting than republican
who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe that they're entitled. >> that strategy there seems less about touting the president's record and more about attacking governor romney's. what's your take on that? >> i think one thing the obama campaign has done extraordinarily well, is from june, from may, from may on, they have done a great job of defining governor romney. now, governor romney handed them a big gift-wrapped package with that florida...
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of course, governor romney was not a fan of the government bailout of the auto industry. back to you. >> we'll see how the retail politics goes over the next three days. nbc's ron mott, thank you. want to bring in our political power panel, dana millbank from "the washington post." keith boykin, contributor and b.e.t. columnist and msnbc contributor susan. good to have you all here. dana, i want to start with you. there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt romney nationally. now, within that same poll itself, it puts the president ahead of the governor on the issues of taxes, also on medicare, the two are tied on jobs. romney leading on one issue and one issue only, basically the budget and spending. in your latest argument or article, rather, you make the argument about mitt romney saying that voters don't need more mitt. what they need is core mitt. do you think we're going to see core mitt over these next three days because ohio being such a key battleground state that it is, that the president right now is leading, do you think that he can turn
of course, governor romney was not a fan of the government bailout of the auto industry. back to you. >> we'll see how the retail politics goes over the next three days. nbc's ron mott, thank you. want to bring in our political power panel, dana millbank from "the washington post." keith boykin, contributor and b.e.t. columnist and msnbc contributor susan. good to have you all here. dana, i want to start with you. there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt...
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our fbi data and our national government data show that the higher murder rates, the higher violent crime rates are in areas where gun ownership is discouraged and carrying is either illegal or discouraged. i don't know what they were looking at at harvard, but that is absolutely not what the data show. >> if you also look at the top ten states across the country and per capita gun ownership. five of those top ten states also have the highest gun deaths per capita. how do you explain that? >> they still have a low violent crime rate and a lower murder rate. so you're talking numbers versus rates, and i think that's probably where the disparity is coming in. >> last question for you here, larry. when we look at the problem ahead of us, several gun shows canceled in the wake of the newtown shooting, doesn't that go against the message that the nr ascent yesterday canceling the gun shows that canceling gun shows at least according to mr. lapierre's statements, need to be at schools and need to defend themselves. >> each gun show is privately owned and it's an owner's decision as to what to d
our fbi data and our national government data show that the higher murder rates, the higher violent crime rates are in areas where gun ownership is discouraged and carrying is either illegal or discouraged. i don't know what they were looking at at harvard, but that is absolutely not what the data show. >> if you also look at the top ten states across the country and per capita gun ownership. five of those top ten states also have the highest gun deaths per capita. how do you explain...
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name mentioned, and they want to hammer home the slogan to go forward, more jobs, less debt, and less government, and they will beat the drum all of the way to the campaign next week. >> thank you, garrett. i want to bring back the panel who stuck by us. richard, let me start with you, because the candidates are now as we are saying move on, and think have to focus on super tuesday and ten states and 100 gel g delegates up for grabs. but as garrett explains with romney back on message and acting like the inevitable challenge can -- challenger to president obama, is that the best defense going into super tuesday? >> well, the problem is that the candidates have not done a good job of being the front-runner all along. romney had the come from behind win there in michigan, and he had to undermine a pretty good slogan. if you say less debt, how do you square that with just last week proposing a 20% cut across the board on taxes. so he has had to do things to get back into the race that undermine him as front-runner, and that is the cycle we have seen again and again through the whole primary contest
name mentioned, and they want to hammer home the slogan to go forward, more jobs, less debt, and less government, and they will beat the drum all of the way to the campaign next week. >> thank you, garrett. i want to bring back the panel who stuck by us. richard, let me start with you, because the candidates are now as we are saying move on, and think have to focus on super tuesday and ten states and 100 gel g delegates up for grabs. but as garrett explains with romney back on message and...
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new government documents show the country's public debt is expected to reach 90.5% of its gross domestic product next year. one in four spaniards is out of work. >>> libya's new president was among the world leaders in new york this week for the annual u.n. general assembly, but what many people do not know is that after surviving seven assassination attempts, he lived in exile, for two decades, near atlanta georgia. the libyan president spoke exclusively to nbc's ann curry about the trouble his country is now facing. >> you've within living in atlanta, for many years. what made you want to leave the comfort and relative safety of staying in this life and jump into the fire, as you have? >> as much a jump into the fire didn't start now, i started in 1980, when i decide to defect from the regime and called for openly, for its downfall and its toppling, and to topple it, and i didn't leave home for good in exile. i left my home with the hope to return it. being liberated now, it's my dream and my hope to return to my hope to libya, and to die there and to be buried in libya. but at one tim
new government documents show the country's public debt is expected to reach 90.5% of its gross domestic product next year. one in four spaniards is out of work. >>> libya's new president was among the world leaders in new york this week for the annual u.n. general assembly, but what many people do not know is that after surviving seven assassination attempts, he lived in exile, for two decades, near atlanta georgia. the libyan president spoke exclusively to nbc's ann curry about the...
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it says the federal government will recognize only conventional marriages, meaning no federal benefits in states where same-sex marriage is already equal. in the court did strike the law down, states would not be required to permit same-sex marriages but the federal government would have to recognize them where they're legal. craig, back to you. >> pete williams in washington. thanks so much for that let's switch gears to indiana and the senate race where things just got lot more interesting. a few months ago, tea party star, richard murdoch, defeated veteran republican senator richard luger. murdoch's campaign was built on framing dick luger as a rhino, a republican in name only. but guess who has gone rhino? you got it, it's murdoch. an apparent attempt to pander to moderate voters by scrapping the ultraconservative label and running toward the center. this includes suddenly coming out in support of parts of the president's health care plan. that's just one of the things. could this be a sign, though, that the tea party, that the tea is starting to cool for the tea party movement? jo
it says the federal government will recognize only conventional marriages, meaning no federal benefits in states where same-sex marriage is already equal. in the court did strike the law down, states would not be required to permit same-sex marriages but the federal government would have to recognize them where they're legal. craig, back to you. >> pete williams in washington. thanks so much for that let's switch gears to indiana and the senate race where things just got lot more...
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but a government spokesman insist there's is, quote, no cause for alarm. mandela did spend some time in the hospital earlier this year for stomach surgery. >>> new warnings this week about global warming and its potential impact on the world's population. a new report from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration found record melting of the icecap in 2012. and scientists say that the changes are affecting the climate and ecosystems worldwide. we want to bring in our friend, bill nye, the science guy to help us make sense of all of this. bill, always good to see you noaa painting a serious picture. how increased is the melting in the polar regions? >> i was starting with how serious was hurricane sandy? it was pretty serious, right? >> yeah. >> suppose you had two or three of those every year? it would be quite serious. the thing that is happening, the first thing is when the arctic melts, the arctic now, the north pole, bear in mind the ice is floating. so if i say here is ice floating in a glass, what will happen hen that ice melts? many people
but a government spokesman insist there's is, quote, no cause for alarm. mandela did spend some time in the hospital earlier this year for stomach surgery. >>> new warnings this week about global warming and its potential impact on the world's population. a new report from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration found record melting of the icecap in 2012. and scientists say that the changes are affecting the climate and ecosystems worldwide. we want to bring in our friend,...